Seguin by Phil B - BlueJacket Shipcrafters - 1:48

[Phil B]

Thanks John!

[Phil B]

The bulkworks have been installed and the frameheads are going in

[Phil B]

To make the 80 or so Frameheads I made a little jig to speed up the cutting and keep the pieces consistent

 

[Phil B]

The cleats have been installed and the rub rails are going on. 

[Jim Lad]

Looking good, Phil!

 

John

[Phil B]

Its coming along John!

[Phil B]

Started working on the transom. I was happy with the way the stern rail came out although I did have to cut it down a few mm. Started the vertical planking which I'm a bit iffy on but with sanding and cosmetics it should look alright.

[Jim Lad]

I'm sure that'll look fine after a little judicious sandpapering.

 

John

[Phil B]

The emphasis being on judacious 🧐

[rvchima]

On 11/29/2025 at 5:31 PM, Phil B said:

While waiting for glue and paints to dry I do a little work on my On30 trains. Looks like a steam dummy and baggage car have snuck into one of the pictures

Phil,

I don't have trains of my own but I do volunteer at the NC Arboretum running a G-scale model RR. The layout is two concentric ovals about 70'x30' around a model town that represents Biltmore Village around 1880. We are in the middle of the Winter Lights program so I was there last night running trains in sub-freezing temperatures. I was running a 4-6-2 pulling the Polar Express - very popular with the visitors.

[Phil B]

Hey Rod, I've seen the layout. I was there a couple years ago, very nice indeed! When I lived in Florida I had a 7/8 scale garden railroad, 2/3 larger than g scale. I scratched built all of my rolling stock. A big difference, building trains using your full size table saw 😆. 

  We spent New Year's s Eve in Asheville a couple of years ago and spent a day at the Biltmore. We'll have to try to do that again and go see the garden railroad at the arboretum. If we do, I'll give you a heads up.

Phil

[Phil B]

Question for you guys that are following along with my build here. How do I do a post where I include multiple photos and then have text after each photo?

[Jim Lad]

You can simply treat each photo as a paragraph - simply click at the bottom right of the photo and enter a new paragraph for your text.

 

john

[Phil B]

Thanks John. I'll give it a try

[Phil B]

As a scratch builder/kit basher ( which is code for can not follow directions) I have taken a few liberties with the Seguin build. Installing the siding horizontally around the windows and doors on the deck house was more effort than I was willing to put in to it. Not only that, I knew the results would be dubious at best. So instead i installed the siding vertically, covering the laser cut window openings.

I glued black paper to the backside of the doors and windows. 

When I needed a window or door I just cut them off the paper and glued them to the bulkhead.

I know its probably not historically accurate, but at least it got done.

 

(Thanks to John with his helpful editing instructions)

 

Phil

 

 

 

 

[rvchima]

Very clever with the doors and windows over the vertical siding. It looks perfect and no one will ever know.

 

I just looked up your location in Landis, NC on Google maps. You are close to the NC Transportation Museum in Spencer. Have you visited it? It's a must for train enthusiasts.

[Phil B]

Hey Rod,

  Thanks for the compliment and support😁.

We were at the NCTM just a couple of weeks ago. We took all the kids to the Polar Express.

Me with the 🤓 

Phil